The Well-Being for Educators Summer Institute is designed to engage educators and school administrators in active learning about well-being, including self-care and professional growth constructed around the multiple dimensions of well-being.

July 15 through July 19

Attend all days, or choose one or two.

Well-being integrates a quality of living and a sense of meaning and purpose, which is connected to our physical, mental, social, occupational, personal, spiritual, cultural, environmental, and emotional experiences.

This Institute will be held at our lakeside campus on Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine. Participants are invited to enjoy the many opportunities to engage with the outdoors on our lakefront and beach as well as walk our woodland trails on campus throughout the week's scheduled activities!

Students at the lakefront in summer

Who will benefit from attending this institute?

  • The content of the workshops are relevant for educators and administrators of all levels, from early elementary through college. The workshops are customized for educators and school leaders/administrators and offer a wide choice of themes connected to personal and professional wellness.

  • If you are a classroom teacher or educational support staff and are looking for ways to explore personal well-being and cultivate lessons and curriculum materials guided by trauma-informed research and healing-centered engagement, explore these themes during this Summer Institute.

  • If you are a school leader looking for ways to support your school staff in promoting a culture of well-being, attend this week-long institute where we will actively explore well-being and what that can look like in our personal lives and our profession.

Curriculum Schedule

This Institute is designed to promote well-being and healthy living. The scheduled program is designed to allow time for self-care, outdoor activities, and self-selected activities for physical movement, along with a series of focused 15-minute, 75-minute, and intensive 2-hour workshop presentations.

Monday, July 15 - Personal Well-Being and Self-Care Indoors and Outside (focused theme)

Tuesday, July 16 - Planning for Well-Being: Curriculum and Leadership (focused theme)

Wednesday, July 17 - Well Being in the Classroom and School Culture (focused theme)

Thursday, July 18 -  Pondering the Well-Being of the Education Profession and Developing a Plan for Wellness (focused theme)

Friday, July 19 - Emerging Technologies and Imaginative Learning: Social Emotional Well-Being as Learners and Educators (focused theme)

If you cannot attend for the full five days, you can register for one or more days.

Presenters

Coming soon!

A group of students spend a summer day at the lakefront at Saint Joe's
Summer beachfront

Credits

Attendees can choose to receive CEUs or pursue the option of graduate credit for recertification by attending this Summer Institute.

Graduate Credit Details

If you want to take the ED 685 course for 3 graduate credits, there will be a pre and post-institute assignment.

  • You must attend all five days of the Institute to receive graduate credit and complete the pre and post-assignments.
  • The graduate course  will run during our Online May Term (May 29-August 6).
  • Registrants seeking graduate credit need to register until May 21.
  • The Pre-Institute assignment will be sent to students on/around June 12.
  • The post Institute assignment will be provided at the close of the Institute on July 19 and due on August 6.
About ED 685 Summer Institute: Well-Being for Educators

Graduate level credits: 3
Instructor: Dr. Pamela Thompson, Program Director, Graduate Online Education

This course is designed around the on campus, week-long, Summer Institute which is focused upon the mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, financial, personal and professional wellness of school educators and administrators. Students in this course will complete a pre and post assignment and actively participate in all 5 days of the Institute. Topics included in this course and the Institute will include healing centered engagement, human centered leadership, personal self care and strategies, lessons and resource ideas for wellness in working with the PK-12 classroom learner and second hand trauma informed support for school personnel.

For more information, email Online Admissions at onlineadmissions@sjcme.edu.

Cost

Discounts

There are discounts for schools and districts that register multiple teaching staff and administrators.

If your school sends three people to attend
One person can attend for free.
This is only if the three individuals sign up for the full workshop, the full workshop plus the field trip or Graduate Credit.
The free attendance is good for a day, full workshop, or full workshop with the field trip.

If your school sends six people to attend
Two people can attend for free.
This is only if the six individuals sign up for the full workshop, the full workshop plus the field trip or Graduate credit.
The free attendance is good for a day, full workshop, or full workshop with the field trip.

Registration Type Early Bird (Before May 18) May 18 or after SJC Partner Rate
Per Day (Monday - Thursday) $250 $275 $250
Full workshop (Monday - Thursday) $875 $975 $875
Full workshop plus field trip (Monday - Friday) Non-Credit $975 $1075 $975
Graduate Credit (All 5 Days) $1146 $1347 $1146
Field Trip Friday Only $100 $125 $100

To find out if your school or district is a partner with Saint Joseph's, please contact onlineadmissions@sjcme.edu.

Housing

Double: $125 per person per night
Single: $165 per person per night

Registration

Registration for the course opens: April 15